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Welcome to Susquehanna University's Center for Civic Engagement website!

Mission statement

Based on the understanding that civic engagement is a vital part of a liberal arts education, the Center for Civic Engagement is committed to providing opportunities that allow students, faculty, and staff to learn about and reflect upon their roles as active, informed citizens within the community. By fostering a campus culture that inspires civic leadership and social responsibility,the Center for Civic Engagement continuously supports the mission of Susquehanna University.


The Center for strives to:

To promote, facilitate, and support positive interaction among students, faculty, and community members. The Center for Civic Engagement provides leadership opportunities for students through community outreach projects and volunteer program coordination.

• Encourage students to live engaged, enlightened, and reflective lives evident of a social and environmental conscience.
• Promote exploration and understanding of local and global citizenship.
• Enhance student activism for human rights, civil rights, democracy, social justice, social change, and sustainable living.
• Foster the understanding of the complexity and enormity of social issues facing local community, country, and world at large.
• Advance the practice of democracy.
• Further development of sensitivity to the human condition.
• Cultivate a value for a life commitment to service.
• Create structure for co-curricular service-learning by offering reflection training for service organizations.

Students will think critically about the world so they promote social change that is important to them, be stewards for the environment and the community, and exhibit ideals of social responsibility. Students will be challenged to think more deeply about service; it’s more than just "doing something good.” Students will be truly engaged and invested in their community to promote social justice.


Contact information

Our office hours are 9:00am- 4:00pm Monday through Friday. For more information please call (570)-372-4066 or email us at volunteer@susqu.edu.

 

A Special thanks to Eric Knepp and the Center for Advanced Technologies for making this website possible.